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Las chicas hicieron una pirueta de lo más inusual.

Las chicas hicieron una pirueta de lo más inusual.
The girls did a highly unusual pirouette.
From Lesson 459:Maximum degree (de lo más...)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Las chicas hicieron una pirueta de lo más inusual.

How does de lo más work to mean 'highly' in this sentence?
The phrase de lo más followed by an adjective is a very common way to express the maximum degree of something, similar to saying 'extremely' or 'a most...' in English. So de lo más inusual translates perfectly to 'highly unusual'.
If the girls did multiple pirouettes (unas piruetas), would inusual change to plural?
Yes, it would become unas piruetas de lo más inusuales. Even though it comes after the fixed phrase de lo más, the adjective still typically agrees in number and gender with the noun it describes (in this case, the feminine noun pirueta).
Can pirueta be used for things other than ballet?
Yes. While it literally translates to 'pirouette', Spanish speakers use pirueta broadly to describe any acrobatic trick, flip, or stunt, such as those done on a skateboard, a bike, or in gymnastics.
Why is the preterite tense hicieron used here instead of the imperfect hacían?
We use the preterite hicieron because the sentence is reporting a single, completed event: they did the trick and it was finished. If you used the imperfect hacían, it would describe an ongoing action in the background ('they were doing a trick') or a past habit ('they used to do a trick').

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